2 dead in weekend glider crash that sparked wildfire near Reno

Authorities in Reno say two people died in the weekend crash of a glider aircraft that apparently sparked a wildfire that officials had feared might climb a steep and scenic slope toward the Mount Rose Ski Tahoe resort.

The Associated Press

September 5, 2018 - 3:13 am

Washoe Valley in Nevada (Thinkstock)

RENO — Authorities in Reno say two people died in the weekend crash of a glider aircraft that apparently sparked a wildfire that officials had feared might climb a steep and scenic slope toward the Mount Rose Ski Tahoe resort.

The Reno Gazette Journal reports the Washoe County medical examiner’s office was trying Tuesday to identify the victims of the Sunday afternoon crash on Slide Mountain.

The bodies were retrieved by a Washoe County sheriff’s office helicopter.

Truckee Tahoe Airport official Hardy Bullock told the newspaper the glider had taken off from the California airport north of Lake Tahoe.

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